Mainstream Media Scream: Alter sums up Cruz as 'Extremism is good'
This week's mainstream media scream is just one of the many liberal reactions to Sen. Ted Cruz's speech announcing his presidential bid at Christian conservative Liberty University.
It comes from MSNBC's Jonathan Alter who boiled down the Texan's message into three words: "Extremism is good."
He appeared on MSNBC's "The Rundown with Jose Diaz-Balart" following Cruz's announcement speech:
"This was a really strange combination of John Lennon and Barry Goldwater. 'Imagine all the people.'
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"But the real question is: Is this 1964, when the Republican Party decided it would go with its most extreme candidate? Remember, Barry Goldwater said that year 'extremism in defense of liberty is no vice.' So, that's the Ted Cruz message, 'Extremism is good. Red meat is good.' He pushes all the buttons he can. Abolish the IRS. Not reform the IRS, abolish it. This is radical political material. And we'll see how it plays. I wouldn't assume that it doesn't."
Media Research Center Vice President of Research Brent Baker explains our pick: "It's a pretty good bet that if Elizabeth Warren jumps in, 'journalists' like Alter won't immediately try to discredit her with flawed historic 'extremism' comparisons. Cruz is only 'extreme' to those who are extreme to the left, but lack self awareness."
Rating: Three out of five screams.
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